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Henry Dunant
Geneva, Switzerland
Archival Overview
Swiss humanitarian whose horror at the slaughter of the 1859 Battle of Solferino inspired him to found the International Committee of the Red Cross and spark the Geneva Convention, recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
Biographical Record
Henry Dunant (1828–1910) witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in Italy, where 40,000 dead and wounded soldiers lay abandoned without medical care. Mobilizing local village women with the slogan 'Tutti fratelli' (All are brothers), Dunant organized relief regardless of nationality.
His 1862 book 'A Memory of Solferino' proposed permanent neutral volunteer relief societies in every nation, leading to the creation of the Red Cross in 1863 and the First Geneva Convention in 1864. In 1901, Dunant was awarded the inaugural Nobel Peace Prize.
Key Life Milestones
Founding of the International Red Cross
Established the International Committee for Relief to the Wounded in Geneva.
Inaugural Nobel Peace Prize
Honored with the first-ever Nobel Peace Prize for establishing the Red Cross and inspiring the Geneva Conventions.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialZurich, Switzerland